On January 4, Beijing time, the infighting of the Rockets seemed to continue to ferment. As we all know, before Wood was dissatisfied with his bench appearance and half-time in the rockets and nuggets games, in the locker room, coach Silas and assistant coach Lucas Sr. lucas criticized him, and he simply refused to play in the second half. Meanwhile, the Rockets' 21-year-old young player Porter Jr. also overreacted to the incident, not only throwing something at the old Lucas who criticized him, but also driving straight off the court and not playing the second half.
Porter Jr. has apologized to the Rockets afterwards, but Wood seems to have no apologetic action or even "thoughts" until now. What is even more unacceptable is that Wood not only did not apologize, but even publicly liked some articles in support of him on his social media.
While the vast majority of fans are not accustomed to Wood and Porter Jr.'s approach, there are also some who support Wood. I don't know what these so-called Rockets fans think, originally criticized by the coach, as long as it is corrected afterwards, Wood and Little Porter are obviously "annoyed and angry", this kind of excessive reaction can never be forgiven.
Porter Jr.'s side seems to have "shook hands" with the Rockets, but Wood didn't. Some online posts have endorsed Wood, and one fan wrote that many people have forgotten that Wood is the "only hope" for the Rockets to rebuild, and now the Rockets treat him like this, it is really ungrateful, and he feels that the Rockets are doing a little disgusting now.
If Wood does not make a statement or directly ignore, it does not matter, people do not understand the things, before the emotional intelligence is still relatively high Wood, this time also did some brain-dead things, he also personally liked under this article, is completely think that the fan's remarks are very correct. The implication is that Wood feels he's doing the right thing, and rocket management, coaching staff, and even rocket fans are wrong about his series of practices!
The Rockets' Little Potter chose to apologize at the first time after the incident, which is a very correct choice, and Porter Jr. can play normally after the Rockets are suspended for up to 1-2 games. But what about Wood? Judging from his performance now, his relationship with the Rockets has further deteriorated, and even Wood's relationship with the Rockets management, coaching staff and even the players is no longer the same. The infighting in the Rockets locker room may be further aggravated.
Can the Rockets still endure? The Rockets have given Porter Jr. a step down, after all, Porter Jr. is the rocket's main point guard, but also the core of the newcomer with similar status to Jaylen Green, but Wood is different, the 26-year-old has no room for improvement, and in addition, the Rockets center position already has the Tess, the immediate combat strength, and Garuba and ShenJing, the two big men, definitely have better training value.
If Wood doesn't repent, it's only a matter of time before the Rockets are cleared out of the team. Even if he immediately admitted his mistake to the Rockets, the Rockets would not dare to reuse him.